Where am I likely to find the temp gauge sender...

[900T-R]

in an early ('93) Chim? Excuse for the question but there's not that much light in the underground parking, all I can spot is the shiny new fan switch grinning at me from the swirl tank and the temp gauge needle has started doing the intermittent bouncy bouncy where it's been rock solid before...

Tapping the gauge doesn't work so I suspect a dodgy connection on the other end... I have an idea what caused it too - when I opened the bonnet after it started doing this I noticed the rubber profile in the engine bay below the windscreen had worked itself loose and was flapping about in the engine bay...).

[Barkychoc]

Its in the front of the inlet manifold drivers side - a single wire connection.

[Cider Andy]

As Barkychoc says, it's on the front of the inlet manifold. It's screwed into the end of a hexagonal brass tube that itself is screwed into the manifold behind the distributor (part of which can be seen out of focus as the bottom of the picture):

[900T-R]

Bl00dy fantastic Sirs - PH to the rescue again!

[cloggy]

900T-R said:

in an early ('93) Chim? Excuse for the question but there's not that much light in the underground parking,

Invest in a torch.

[900T-R]

cloggy said:

Invest in a torch.

And a gazillion yards of extension cord? (no power sockets anywhere in the parking garage, or I'd have invested in an Accumate also...).

[cloggy]

900T-R said:

cloggy said:

Invest in a torch.

And a gazillion yards of extension cord? (no power sockets anywhere in the parking garage, or I'd have invested in an Accumate also...).

I had the same in my underground communual garage and askes the service company to install one so I could use my Accumate, guess what?
They did for free.

[900T-R]

Well well... had a quick look-see and guess what, not only did I find the sender but I also found the the wire had all but came off the spade connector - in fact, it fell off just by looking at it (well sort of)...

Of course, being the well organised person I am, I haven't got a replacement here , oh well off into town we go...

Anyways, muchas gracias from the Lowlands again...

[900T-R]

Crimped new spade connector on using a regular set of pliers - stable reading again, no more bouncy bouncy.

If everything in life was as simple...